From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 2 15:38:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA21414 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 15:38:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA21409 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 15:38:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA02563; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 15:40:12 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 15:40:11 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Jamie Clark cc: FreeBSD Questions mail service Subject: Re: BootMgr a virus? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Jamie Clark wrote: > I have FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE and Windows 95 on my system. I have been > experiencing some crashes in Win95 that CrashSheild of WinProbe caught > with increasing frequency. I had been downloading some software from the > net and thought maybe a virus had slipped down the line. This is very unusual if not impossible since Win95 write-protects the boot sector. You might check Control Panels -> System -> Performance and see what Win95 has to say. AFAIK I've never heard of any Win95 problems with BootEasy. If you're really worried then use the DOS command FDISK /MBR to remove BootEasy, then use a DOS 6.2 floppy and reinstall BootEasy (take tools/bootinst.exe and boot.bin off the CD onto the hard disk, then run it from there). Check your boot floppy before you use it in case there is something running around -- you wouln't want to immediately reinfect the system. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major